Mafia Wars Las Vegas items now giftable, but not very useful

You know, Zynga could have really wowed us with the new set of giftable items the team alluded to yesterday in Mafia Wars, changing the way Trading was done to increase its usefulness. Unfortunately, a list of weapons, armor, vehicles and animals were made available for Trading that will almost certainly become obsolete once Italy hits by the end of this month. We expected Las Vegas job unlock and Collection items and to help the stragglers finish this content before everyone makes the big trip, but nay. (Though, we were right on target with Mystery Animals.)

Well, check behind the cut nonetheless to see what soon-to-be aged junk you can now gift along with official rules from Zynga and our explanation of how all this works.

Zynga needs to make up its mind on what's Gifting and what is Trading in Mafia Wars. To clear up the company's usual cryptic fashion and lack of desire to explain anything, these are items that are gifted to others from your own loot. Just click the "Gifting" button on the navigation bar, then click the "Trading" tab. From there, you can now gift items from Las Vegas loot and more, in addition to what was already giftable, directly from your loot to your mafia. Gifting like this thankfully doesn't affect your Free Gifting totals.

If only being able to gift dated items wasn't enough, there are three stipulations to this new feature. First off, if an item was bought for Reward Points, it cannot be traded. Second, unique items like boss fight and challenge mission rewards cannot be traded. Lastly, energy boosts of any kind cannot be gifted. Now that the official rabble is through, here's a full list of what can be gifted.

Vegas Weapons:

Carver

24k Chainsaw

Biohazard

El Escorpión

Pump Shotgun

Gilded RPG

Belt Fed Shotgun

Two Pair

Precision SMG

Range Finder Rifle

Arcturion Assault Rifle

Pitbull Sentry Gun

Ripper Assault Rifle

Vegas Armor:

Football Jersey

Rhinestone Cowboy

Reinforced Boots

Reinforced Tuxedo

Motorcycle Helmet

Femme Fatale

Ventilated Blast Cap

Biker Leathers

Police Riot Helmet

Reinhardt & Otto

Ares Power Armor

Hopped-Up Thug

Cooling Vest

Vegas Vehicles:

Moving Truck

All Terrain

Road Tractor

Sand Storm

Highrise Sport

Classic Convertible

High Society

Hard Four

Dune Buggy

Mojave Mike

Performance Sports Car

Goldsmobile

X-22 Peregrine

Foo Fighter

Ballista Missile Launcher

Amphiquad

Vegas Animals:

Bison

Bark Scorpion

Bighorn Ram

Gila Monster

Diamondback

Pronghorn Antelope

Bighorn

Bangkok Animals:

Attack Cobra

Riding Elephant

Komodo Dragon

Forest Scorpion

Chain Viper

Mystery Animals:

Arabian Leopard

Badger

Buffalo

Dingo

Cassowary

Piranha

Electric Eel

Kangaroo

King Cheetah

It's unfortunate that more useful items weren't made available for trade like Collection and job unlock items, but these might be useful to players trying to get through the tougher boss fights and survive high-level fights in Las Vegas. But don't worry, it'll all be useless when we make the move to Italy. Hey, at least Zynga can always update it.

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